Other well-known Silicon Valley names, such as Ron Conway of Foursquare and PayPal, and Marc Benioff of SalesForce.com, contributed undisclosed amounts of money to Brigade as well. And Adam Conner, who was Facebook's first lobbyist in D.C., will be Brigade's VP of Politics, while LinkedIn's former SVP David Henke will also be on the board (incidentally, Henke's LinkedIn profile title currently reads as "retired"). Technology is likely intersecting with politics in a whole new way... though we still haven't seen how.

"When you get beyond the federal level and certain statewide offices, most voters don’t know who’s making decisions on their behalf,” the source told Politico, adding that the start-up also won't be a matter of Democrats vs. Republicans, but simply just improved voter engagement.